@stephenw10 : I did neither uninstall pfBlocker nor Suricata. Instead, I have only unchecked the installation of rules in Suricata's Global Settings and disabled Suricata for the given interface. Then the upgrade to 24.03_1 went smoothly. It took a couple of minutes and everything is fine now.
Thanks @stephenw10 !
Before upgrading I usually make a new clone from the working BE, name it to xx.yy_upgrade, set it to default boot and boot to it before upgrade.
If all seems ok after a testing period, I rename it to xx.yy_stable
@patient0 Yea sorry about that kept posting in wrong place total my fault for not looking closer. I was really P----d at the time. and thanks for reply i look further into today